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[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
I'm sorry i wasnt saying you were illiterate. It's late and i was trying to joke.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] NCX Designs:
My version is the version it shipped with also,

but after step one finished, it did NOT reboot my device

I assume if it doesn't and you would have to manually do it, it won't work at all, so just to keep repeating the process until it finally does reboot into Hboot?

Incredible had a similiar root procedure like this
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
**TO ANYONE THAT IS STILL UP AND HAS ISSUES**

Please reread this thread, more than likely your question has already been answered once, and probably twice. If not, i'm sure someone else here knows the answer just be patient and we'll get back around to checking this thread.

Phone connection issues / Initial Setup issues go here and reread this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12341244&postcount=324
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tampoonx2:
Ahhh I got you I see the problem.

After waiting up to 15 minutes for step 1 if you phone doesnt reboot click it again. I had to do step 1 twice and took me close to 30minutes. It eventually worked. So what is happening is that its not actually pushing the file to your phone or not finishing. Do not terminate adb.exe during this part.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WhotahnHTC:
Step 3 says it pushed...told ne to reboot a few times.....doing so now.....
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
To be honest i never had to help anyone in the first step, does it tell you to go to hboot? After step one i would think it would ask you to update to the downgraded rom and then reboot for step two. Step one should be a lengthy push for files into your phone to prep it for flashing and then the initial downgrade flash.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xEVILFREDx:
Need help understanding part 3..... I am S-OFF and all but when rebooting 2 to 3 times and run Rom Manager, I don't see in my Apps screen..... Anyone knows why ???
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
It may not have pushed the rom manager and superuser app correctly, if you dont see those in your app screen then redo step 3.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jmsdvs:
First off I did this ADB for dummies

After following the instructions I downloaded the drivers for the TB here although it says for Desire it's for all HTC phones.

In the thread Easy Root I downloaded the adb needed file (800mb) and the adb.zip(needed) at the bottom of the first post.

After I was done, I extracted both onto my desktop using 7zip.

When you open the adb needed I just copied the rooter file into the Thunderbolt root folder and replaced the old rooter and ran it.

Each step takes roughly 5 minutes, don't be afraid to repeat a step if it doesn't work for you. I repeated step 3 about 4 times, I even just clicked it 3 times in a row to get it to work.

Hope this helps, everything should be explained in the program itself.

Credit to dbzfanatic over at xdaforums for making it possible.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
got the same error and checked to make sure im running the correct 1.12... which i am. making another attempt as we speak
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ripster:
Finally got step 3 to work! I must have did it 20 times. The last time i did it when it says "Copying su and changing permissions" there was about a 40 sec. delay before it said to reboot 2 or 3 times. Also i restarted my computer too before i ran it the last time.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WhotahnHTC:
I too didn't get the ROM Manager on first attempt at step 3. Reading now....is this the usual fix though? Done with step three 2 times. 2 reboot still no Rom manager.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Lionheart7:
Noob Question

Ok this worked perfect for me. My question is do we loose the LTE 4G option after rooting?, because my phone only shows 3G instead of 4G
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
Stupid question but is your battery cover off? I have had issues with signal that way. But beyond that I don't know I'm not in a 4G area but if this was an issue I'm sure others would have said something.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheMorlince:
The phone is somehow not getting the temp root flashed on there, or at least something isn't happening correctly in step one. Have you tried killing adb and restarting? What about restarting computer? I don't know what is causing that issue. You can always try the longer adb route and see if you do the initial steps that way if it will update that initial file.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xEVILFREDx:
BINGO !!!! Im good.... Also in regards to 4G LTE, Verizon is doing maintenance from 1 AM EST to 3 AM EST. Had an issue about that earlier and called.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WhotahnHTC:
Ok guys I'm on attempt #3 to go step 3 & it shoes that it pushed the files & says reboot 2-3 times every time. What's next short of adb.... :/
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WhotahnHTC:
Ok sorry to quote myself and Search is down for 20-30 minutes. I now have ROM manager but when I go in it says I do not have root? I think I read a couple more reboots will fix. Is this correct or should I be looking for something else?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pito2k6:
since I got my phone I've only seen 4G.Not once did it switch to 3G.Now after I finally rooted my phone,it keeps switching to 1X,3G and 4G.

Edit:I seem to have fixed it by doing a factory reset.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SkyWalkerOG:
Had to do step 3 manually to get it take.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
all systems go! just started over at step 2 again and it worked. bloatware begone! rom suggestions??
[Thunderbolt Android Development] santod040:
Stuck on step 3, root and su are being pushed to device and reboot message appears. After reboot, Rom Mgr apps aren't in app drawer and I have absolutely NO signal now. I can't even get on market or dial a number, much less download ClockworkMod. Any idea why I have no signal 3G or otherwise now? Or why root is not taking?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pito2k6:
I unplugged my phone and restarted it then plugged it back and ran step 3 again and it worked.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
scratch that ! after 5 reboots and attempting says im not rooted?? but su wont work
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Basically if you can use adb from any command prompt regardless of directory I'd suggest using the one for adb being setup, but if you can't you need the other one (which apparently hates me because it works for some people and for some it doesn't).

I intend to post just the executable files soon but I need to recover the exe from MU as I only have the updated version. Once they're posted you don't need to download another 800MB file, just a small zip to replace the exe.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jawonder:
Thanks man you made my life much easier i couldn't do the ADB Thing . I see were you mentioned ADB will still be involve how so ? and do you have the link for the latest ADB i'm gonna use Windows 7 on my PC since Mac is out of the Draw . Thanks and will donate .
[Thunderbolt Android Development] htowngator:
Ah, I see. Yea mine won't work unless you call ADB from the platform-tools directory.

How do you get it to work from any directory?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Hemorrdroid:
Found this:

Add the "ADB" directory path as a system variable in windows:

- To do this right-click on "My Computer" and select Properties. Next select the Advanced tab(Advanced Settings in Vista/7) then select Environment Variables.

- Click "New" under System Variables and add the following:

Code: Select all

Variable: adb

Value: C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

Link: http://androidsamurai.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4&sid=8157e86decd48cdf89d9c667ad3d151e
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
@jawonder it comes with the necessary adb files, that's why there's a "no adb needed" version. It should call adb directly from the folder. If it doesn't simply setup adb as I mentioned and use the exe from the "adb needed" version.

@htowngator 1) you have a very confusing name @_@ 2) If you have it as c:\android-sdk-windows then you need to add ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools to your PATH variable. here's how

XP:

Right-click my computer, click properties, move to the advanced tab

Vista/7:

Right-click Computer, click properties, click advanced system settings

click "Environment Variables", on the lower pane scroll down until you see "PATH", click it then click Edit, add your tools path to the end with a ; before it. From the example if your path already has %system%;%system32%;%windowsdir% after you add your path it will say %system%;%system32%;%windowsdir%;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools, click ok on all windows to close, log off then back on to reset the variables.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] kdb424:
literally hours ago I passed off my Dinc to a great friend of mine (I still miss it so much) bought my TB, and rooted by hand. And now this. I have a friend testing this on his TB though, so I'll report back for him. Thanks so much!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] R1lover:
Does this flash back to the current software after downgrade for root and does it include the new SU fix as well?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] frodsteamin2:
Not sure it is just my connection but I downloaded the first file posted up adb needed in a couple mins but the more recent non-adb setup file is at about an hour download. anyone else?

and you put the exe files. nevermind. thanks
[Thunderbolt Android Development] htowngator:
Excellent. Thank you.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] kdb424:
I believe it goes to the old release (street date release) though you can always use your new clockwork to flash a bloat free version of the up to date one. AS for the su fix, what was it supposed to fix. I only have issues with remounting with Root Explorer, though I can do with gscript.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Stevez48:
I just got my TBolt, so not going to root just yet, but thank you very much for your and all who were involved's work. It's a huge bonus for people like me who don't have the knowledge or skill to figure this stuff out on their own.

It is truly appreciated that you share your work. Thank you.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] htowngator:
1) lol, why's that?

2) Mine is in the x86 system tools directory so I just copied the entire thing -- C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools -- to the PATH and it works now. Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] R1lover:
There was a fix to SU for the thunderbolt that was released, just wondering if this was included in this method or not.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
Just wondering if the directions are included in the zip? Didn't.see any in the op
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
The program itself tells you how to use it. The "bugs" are really the only extra instructions you may need.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jcase:
It should follow my tutorial exactly, as such have the same result.

PS

Anyone notice this is blasted EVERYWHERE! AndroidPolice, Droidlife, Androidcentral (etc etc)

That took a whole 5 minutes lol
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
All that means is I really have my work cut out for me if any bugs come up. Thankfully with the exes posted I only have to do minor tweaks and I don't have to re-upload more 800MB files, I just have to direct users to download the fixed exe if necessary.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Old MuckenMire:
I know it's crazy!! I guess one click is more popular than we all thought :D
[Thunderbolt Android Development] CastorTroy45:
ive tried all methods to get adb to work and no dice. htc sync wont see my phone either. adb used to work fine with my dinc. windows just says cannot find driver for adb.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
What version of windows?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] santod040:
It appears I have successfully rooted now, but my connection is gone.

Anyone have any ideas on this? A rooted phone is cool, but a working phone is even better, :)

Great work being done here and it is greatly appreciated.

If I could just get a connection now, so I can use ClockWork Mod Recovery, it would be much better. :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pito2k6:
I just hard reset to get my data back to normal and then i just downloaded superuser and rom manager from the market.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Irish65:
The battle between win7 x64 and TB

win7 x64..

I had to point the system at the vista64 drivers buried in the HTC Sync dir. Then everything saw the phone. From there the easy root was a serious point and click fest on the "1" "2" and "3" buttons...the TBolt system put up a pretty good fight. After the first flash, don't wait around too long. Reboot it immediately. I swear to god the TBolt reflashed itself back to S-ON while I was in the bathroom. So, I did it again and rebooted immediately and got S-OFF. On to the dreaded "3" button...I rebooted 3 times downloaded RM and SU and was denied my cake...I went back to the evil "3" button and smashed it like a true spartan, several times actually, then rebooted 3 times. Went to the drawer, hit rom manager and bingo! there was ice cream with my cake :) Flashed CM Recovery and dove into the bootloaded smiling the whole way. Rebooted again to check signal...and had nothing but a big fat "X"....so I put him in the corner for a timeout..I went back to check on him later and he was giving me 2 bars on the 4G side...now I can sleep.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Bullhead00:
Same here with the Win7 x64 bit. I've been working on this non stop all night but it was totally worth it because I am now rooted. Creating a backup image right now with CWR. This is so nice! I think I'm about to flash MikRoms The Perfect Storm after this back up completes. Thanks for everything and good luck to all my fellow Thunderbolt owners!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Hey for those of you having issues on step 3 unplug your phone and plug it back in. The issues are usually caused by your phone being seen as "offline" which is fixed by doing that.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jdposhkus:
Dbz get some well deserved rest sir.

Thanks for the treats...

How many bricks reported?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
I took a nap,and as far as reported bricks. I'm happy to say that there have been absolutely zero reported bricks using this. It's just apparently a major pain in the a$$ to get to work for some people. I'm working on the updated version, I just need someone to help me test since I don't have a thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ddgarcia05:
I used the long way but it was kinda cool how I could tell where people where having trouble using this one click root because you in counter similar obstacles the long way. For example having to unplug your phone from the computer for adb commands to work.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] NeutronBomb:
So I couldn't get step 3 to work properly.. it was getting late so I decided to just use adb and do the last couple steps manually. I got the files pushed over and everything seemed to work.

I got CWR flashed and made a backup. Only problem is I seem to have lost SU. Titanium won't work and CWR won't fix permissions.

I've rebooted about 10 times so yeah.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
You're the second person that I know of that's had that issue. I don't know what causes it but it might be that bug that was mentioned. You might need to use the patched superuser (which will be included in my update).
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ddgarcia05:
It might be the zip file that people leave in the root of the sdcard. I can't remember if I read that here or in Android police comments.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
You have a point there, leaving it there might cause it to reflash but people should get the option to not update.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xEVILFREDx:
You know I am having one issue....... LTE... I use to be on LTE fine all day... Now I am getting 3G. Any reason why ? I called Verizon and there is no outage. So does this process breaks LTE ? I went to phone info and switch CDMA + LTE/EVDO Auto to LTE Mode and get 4G for 2 mins and kicks back to 3G. I live in Orlando and had great LTE at all times. After root , something has happen. Please advise.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
I have no idea, you might try flashing a newer radio if there is one. This just uses the method linked in the first post so it will have identical results. Even my update will be the same the only difference is it will remove a couple steps (once i get a tester).
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
on step 3 do we leave it plugged while rebooting? just to be su is pushed through?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
It shouldn't matter on the reboots after you go through step 3, it's the ones before you do that where you need to unplug it and plug it back in.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] rushless:
I do not have a Tbolt and might get a Bionic, but your effort is still worthy of kudos :)

My gTablet has spoiled me in regards to dual core.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Thanks. I'm going to start focusing on newer phones for my easyroot methods so if anyone has a request for a device just PM me and we'll discuss it.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] rushless:
Actually, your effort here may sway me to the Tbolt. I wonder if your process could eventually work with the Bionic when released? Now way of knowing now, but nice to think about :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
This method, I have no idea. But if there's a good method for the bionic and someone asks me to make an easy-rooter I wouldn't mind as long as a few people volunteer to test.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WormDoes:
Just a reminder for anyone who forgets, like I just did, make sure you remove the PG05IMG.zip from your SD card before you boot into bootlader to get to recovery. It will ensure no mistakes are made by unintentionally flashing it by accident
[Thunderbolt Android Development] millbean:
making my first backup now !! let me say awesome work. took a little bit but i figured it out and definitely going to slow crawl into adb to learn what makes these things tick
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Would you mind posting how you "figured it out", as in what you did to get things to work? It might help others out, it might also be a known issue but it's still helpful to post it.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] asenduk:
would gladly test out your updated version, but how long do you think it will be?

have to get ready for work :(
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
The test version of the update is uploading to a filehost now, it's got about 10 minutes to go i think. I understand the need to go to work, i've been trying to find a job for over 2 years and still don't have one -_- i need people with an hour or two of free time to test this out properly but work is more important. thanks for the offer though. if i haven't released it when you get off PM me and see if i still need testers.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] asenduk:
Will do, and thank you!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] HolyGrail:
I could test it, but don't know if I can now.

I am stuck on step 3. I have unplugged and replugged. Clicked step 3 after each time. Still no go.

Will the new test file help at this point?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
It should actually, you can test a portion of it while the others test the main program. PM me and we'll discuss it.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] rusty4k:
I would be willing to test your update
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Are you already rooted and do you have adb setup or not? PM me with that info and your gmail.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] anothamexican:
Thank you dbz for your amazing work. I was having problems yesterday understanding and getting this method to work. I kept plugging and unplugging my phone to my comp as well as closing and restarting the rooter several times. I was clueless on how to get the rooter to work but after reading other people posts I slowly began to understand. I had to download htc sync for the thunderbolt, then I opened the rooter then connected the cable to my phone. I clicked on step one and just waited patiently for the program to do its thing. I followed the instructions very carefully to the T. This place is great for a noob like me. Thanks for all the help. Cant wait for the ROMS to start rolling out.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Glad you got it working :).
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GreginNH:
question....

and a roookie question at that...

Once this is completed and the phone is rooted, is NAND on there?

I had my Eris rooted and backing up and wiping and flashing were all very simple, will that be the same case here?

Thanks for teh hard work and great information!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Once everything is done you'll have S-OFF and full root so you can do pretty much whatever you want. I'm working on the updated version which simplifies things greatly so to any new users you might want to hold off until i release the updated version
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ckochinsky125:
Thanks I'll wait and try the updated version since the original wouldnt work for me. Thank you for your time and effort!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GreginNH:
awesome, i can wait ....phone is only 6 days old :)

thank you !
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ddgarcia05:
Once completed you are rooted and have S-OFF. You have to install Rom Manager and towards the top the list when you power up Rom Manager you'll see "Flash Clockwork Recovery" press that and flash the lastest recovery. Youll only be given one choose so it's not hard. After that you should be good. To make a nandroid backup/ "Backup Current Rom" first flash the latest recovery (i already said how), then hit menu clear download cache, and then press "backup current rom". Name it whatever you want and hit ok.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Actually with the updated version none of that is necessary ;) except the nandroid backup
[Thunderbolt Android Development] syrkles:
Ok I do step one and my device is not listed under connected devices and doesn't go in to the bootloader what should I do
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbzfanatic:
It tells you in the first post. If it isn't listed install the sync drivers.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] vypurr:
I am willing to test. I had root, but needed to unroot. I have ADB setup and working. I would also be willing to help you write some help documentation to walk users through everything! PM me if you see a need for a doc with screenshots or a video walkthrough of the process!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] syrkles:
ok now i got the rooter app to see the phone but now its not pushing the rom file to the phone should i just manually move it to the sd card
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ckochinsky125:
any idea when you will have the new updated version up? jw
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thetwiztidfreak:
Works like a charm running windows 7 64bit, thanks for all the hard work. For those getting stuck at step 2 i had the same problem until i installed htc sync 3.0.5511 from the htc site and that solved my problem
[Thunderbolt Android Development] HolyGrail:
He's hard at work doing it right now. Progress is being made. :o
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bunklung:
Although I didn't get to root my phone with your application dbzfanatic, I did use the massive file that included all the tools and files needed to manually root. So I thank you for that.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] syrkles:
which rom file do i push cuz i have two in my folder and they dont seem to be pushing to my sd card by themselves so i just wanted to kno if i should put the bigger or smaller file on it
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jawonder:
When I extract the files I don't see rooter.exe I just see rooter .
[Thunderbolt Android Development] HolyGrail:
Do you have file extensions on?

rooter is rooter.exe